bug#20017: guile 2.0.11 make check failure for ppc architecture

[Rob Browning]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> OK, I can reproduce this on partch.debian.org now
>> (https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=partch):
>>
>>   (jessie_powerpc-dchroot)address@hidden:~/guile-2.0-2.0.11+1$ ./check-guile 
>> fractions.test
>>   Testing /home/rlb/guile-2.0-2.0.11+1/meta/guile ... fractions.test
>>   with GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/home/rlb/guile-2.0-2.0.11+1/test-suite
>>   Running fractions.test
>>   FAIL: fractions.test: fractions: (eqv? (expt 2 1/2) (sqrt 2))
>>   FAIL: fractions.test: fractions: (eqv? (expt 2.0 1/2) (sqrt 2))
>
> ...looks like a build directly from the 2.0.14 xz archive (not the
> Debian tree) fails in the same way.

OK, I may have tracked it down to a glibc issue that's been addressed in
newer versions: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=841724#80

Assuming that's right, then this bug can probably be (re)closed.

Thanks
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Rob Browning
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